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Clio Bradford McKeever
1893-1918

"He was interested in his brothers and sisters, and was always
encouraging them to study and learn. In everything, he set a good example."

Clio Bradford McKeever was born in Greenbrier County
on October 23, 1893. After graduating from Concord State Normal School
in 1911, he taught school in McDowell County for two years. During this
time, he married Lilly Josephine Ericson.

McKeever attended West Virginia
University in the school year 1914-15, enrolling in the College of
Agriculture. Over the next two years, he taught school in southern West
Virginia.

On September 7, 1917, McKeever joined the Army. He was
stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia until May 25, 1918, when he was sent to
France with the American Expeditionary Forces. On November 8, only three
days prior to the armistice, McKeever was killed by a bomb fragment.